Jack Vance SciFi writer dies

[nycsteve]

Classic scifi writter Jack Vance died on Sunday 6-2-13 at 96 . I read his stuff as a kid and later. He was around so long I assumed he already was gone. Long life, left us many gifts. I really liked his work. RIP.

[Sunhillow]

Big fan, though I need to reread some books soon. I was told he's not that big in the US than in Europe, although he seems habe fallen off the radar of Fantasy/SF-community entirely. Sad. George RR Martin is a fan though.

[Progbear]

That’s really a pity, I’m a big fan of his stuff, especially the Dying Earth books and the Lyonesse trilogy.

Though to be fair, I thought he had died years ago.

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MIKE (a.k.a. "Progbear")

‘“What blow, Goblin?” said Corinius.’ --E. R. Eddison

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[timonharp]

That is indeed a very bad news. May his soul rest in peace.

[willyswing]

Very sad. I just love his "Planet of Adventure" series, one of the reading foundations of my youth.

[JKL2000]

Sad! For some reason, the titles of his books "The Dirdir" and "The Pnume" go round my head a lot - I haven't even read them but I always liked the titles.

[willyswing]

See my post above-they're part of that series!